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MEASURING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,252, dated March23, 1897.

Application filed September 2, 1896. Serial No. 604,646. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTHONY D. BEssoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Forest House, in the county of Potterand State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMeasuring Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in devices for measuring oats,corn, potatoes, and the like and putting the same in bags; and theobject of the invention is to provide a simple device of this kind forfarm use to facilitate the operation of putting articles of this kind inbulk into bags or packages for the market.

To this end the novelty consists in the con struction, combination, andarrangement of the several parts of the same, as will be hereinaftermore fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the same figures of reference indicate thesame parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved measuring device. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a similar viewshowing the device in position for discharging its contents.

1 represents a suitable frame, and 2 is an oscillating box provided withtrunnions 3 3, upon which it is mounted in the frame.

4 is a converging trough or chute forming a continuation of the bottomof the box 2, and its outer end is formed with a dischargeorifice 6.

7 is a guard secured to the front of the frame and extending around thefront end of the trough or chute, and its front end is provided withintegral spurs S 8, by means of which the bag 9 is held with its mo uthopen under the orifice 6 in said chute.

10 represents a sliding door in the front of the box, its upper endhaving a staple 12, to which is pivoted one end of a rod 13, the otherend being pivoted to a staple let in a crossbrace 15, connecting theupper ends of the standards 16 16, forming a continuation of the sidesof the frame.

17 is a hand-lever fulcrumed in the lower end of a rod 18, the upper endof which is connected to a staple 19, secured to the rear end of thebox, and the shorter end of the lever is journaled in a staple 20,secured to the rear cross-brace 21 of the frame.

22 is a notched plate extending upwardly contiguous to the handle 23 ofsaid lever, which is adapted'to engage and be held by one or the otherof the notches in the plate 22, as occasion requires.

The operation of the device is as follows: The bag is first securedunder the orifice in the front end of the chute, as shown, and the box 2filled up level with its top, which, say for example, holds one bushel,though of course any suitable measure can be employed. As soon as thebox is full the operator releases the lever 17 from the bottom notch inthe plate 22 and tilts the box on its trunn-ions and engages the leverin the upper notch in said plate. The operation of tilting oroscillating the box causes its front end to drop down, while the door 10is held stationary by the rod 13, leaving an opening between the bottomof the door and the chute, allowing the material to fall by gravity downthe inclined chute, and it is discharged through the orifice 6 into thebag or receptacle placed there to receive it. The package is thenremoved, an empty one placed in position, and the lever 17 lowered toengage the lower notch in the plate 22, which restores the box to itsnormal vertical position with the door closed, when the operation isrepeated.

The device is very simple and practical, and one hand can measure offand fill the sacks or bags .with ease and rapidity.

Although I- have specifically described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my invention, ll do not desire tohe confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made asclearly fall within the scope of myinvention without departing from thespirit thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to a staple secured to said box, and the sliding door10 mounted in the front end of said box, and connected by a rod 13 tothe crossbrace 15, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

ANTHONY D. BESSON.

Witnesses:

EVA A. LEWIS, MAY E. LEWIS.

